[Rd] rgamma gives zeros. (PR#9184)
pxi at stat.cmu.edu
pxi at stat.cmu.edu
Tue Aug 29 18:40:45 CEST 2006
Full_Name: Peiyi Xi
Version: R 2.2.0
OS: Windows XP Professional
Submission from: (NULL) (128.2.3.141)
When I use rgamma(n, shape, rate ) to generate gamma samples, it
gives zeros when both shape and rate are very small.
But we know that if x follows a gamma distribution, x should be positive.
e.g.
> temp=rgamma(10, 0.001, rate=0.01)
> temp
[1] 2.438078e-33 5.101136e-130 1.760830e-54 2.724731e-166 0.000000e+00
[6] 4.461151e-146 1.332914e-55 2.336396e-277 0.000000e+00 0.000000e+00
> temp[5]
[1] 0
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